Posts published in “Housing”

From the Affordable Housing Network Newsletter: STOP DISPLACEMENT! SANCTIONED ENCAMPMENTS NOW! Rally at City Hall 5:30 PM Wed August 1 SILICON VALLEY: HOUSE YOUR PEOPLE Join community and faith leaders to speak out against poverty and homelessness in the Capital of Silicon Valley, the richest place in the entire world. The…

“Palo Alto is an elitist shit-den of hate,” commented “radical” Baptist preacher Gregory Stevens on his private Twitter account, which got him fired from First Baptist Church in May. The church has been the center of a bitter political dispute for years in which neighbors complain that too many community…

A Santa Clara County Grand Jury that has been tasked to address the lack of adequate (affordable) housing in Santa Clara County and the fifteen cities within the county. Their 45 page report was released on June 21st and included 39 “findings and recommendations” that centered on the fact that…

Affordable housing has quickly emerged as the dominant issue of concern for East Palo Alto due to the growth of Stanford University, as the school seeks approval for its 2018 General Use Permit (GUP) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) from Santa Clara County. “I think Stanford in this case is low-balling…

Each vying for one of three available seats on the San Mateo City Council, six candidates debated on Sunday October 1 how to fix the city’s housing and transportation woes. One San Mateo hosted the event at the Congregational Church of San Mateo at 225 Tilton Avenue. Candidates Rick Bonilla,…

Tenants Together is co-hosting a two day weekend conference in Alameda this Saturday and Sunday, September 23-24 (8:00 am – 5:00 pm both days). The CA Renter Power 2017 Statewide Assembly seeks to have renters and renters advocates come together to join forces to increase the renters rights in the state…

San Jose should build at least 120,000 new residential units over the next 30 years to address a crushing regional housing crisis, according to the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR). On Thursday August 24 the group published an alarming report detailing just how far behind…

According to plans submitted to Menlo Park on Thursday, Facebook hopes to build nine new office buildings that would someday bring at least 10,000 workers to its proposed Willow Campus – and only 1,500 units of housing. The social networking giant would double the office space it commands on the…

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has cheerleaded so hard for Google’s plans for 6 to 8 million square feet of office space in the Diridon Station Area, that a backlash among social justice groups demanded changes at the June 20 City Council meeting. Google’s professional real estate development officials will…

Today the Santa Clara County Housing Task Force declared that homelessness in the county has reached “crisis proportions”, and urged the 15 cities in the county to “fund affordable housing development, including development of surplus public land, zoning incentives, impact fees, a revenue ballot measure, and inclusionary zoning.” “The high cost of…